The end of the semester is quickly approaching and with this being the last issue of The Post, I thought I would take a minute to congratulate all of the seniors on their upcoming graduation. There is one person that I wish to acknowledge separately, and that would be Micah Fialka-Feldman, or as we just [...]
Letter to the Oakland Post for the Oakland University Community, Much as been written about Micah Fialka-Feldman over the past few years. Before this semester ends, and Micah finishes his final days on campus as a student living in the dorm, we want to acknowledge the enormous support he has received from so many students, staff, [...]
This has been the unhealthiest year of my life. I haven’t changed my eating or drinking habits. I haven’t started any new medication. There is no mold in my house, as a friend’s fiance suggested. The culprit of what seems to be a revolving door of constant illness? Stress. It’s crunch time for many students [...]
Editor: It has come to my attention that, sometime in the next week or so, demonstrations may take place on campus advocating for the right to bring firearms to campus. This is patently insane, but let’s consider the issues: 1) It has been alleged (and laws to this effect passed in, of all places, Virginia) that [...]
I wanted to cover this story journalistically: report the facts and appropriately distance myself from opinion. But there’s too much passion here. It started on August 13, 2009, when the Green family found a smoldering cross on the lawn of their Clarkston home. I was of course furious. I remembered that my great grandmother used [...]
You can’t fool the readers. Newspapers are the last line of defense in a world filled with prejudice and bias. Political endorsements have no place of any kind in a newspaper because they are a detriment to the very fabric that holds the media industry together. I’m a junior majoring in journalism, and I know [...]
For good or for bad, the United States recently reformed its election campaign policy. I think Oakland University’s student body elections can also use some campaign reform, for good. While attending two events on campus Thursday, I was accosted by campaigners from a student body president and vice president ticket, which I will not name, [...]
Baseball 3/19 at Cincinatti 3/20 at Cincinatti 3/21 at Cincinatti Softball 3/19 at Houston Baptist (Coastal Carolina Tournament) Women’s Lacrosse 3/20 at Grove City (tripleheader) vs. West Virginia, Grove City and Penn State The Behrend College Men’s Lacrosse 3/19 at St. John’s
